Mary Ann McCormick

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Mary Ann McCormick has been hailed in the press as "charismatic", "spell-binding", and "elegant". Her international credits include "Isabella" in L'italiana in Algeri at La Scala, "Azucena" in Il trovatore at the Teatro Regio Torino, and "First Maid" in Elektra with Christoph von Dohnanyi at the Opéra National de Paris. She has also performed "Maddalena" in Rigoletto under Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and with Seattle Opera and Gluck's Alceste under Bruno Bartoletti at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Her most recent accomplishments include performances as "Carmen" with Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland of which the critics wrote "She acts and sings a wonderful Carmen" a role she has also performed with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Staatsoper Stuttgart among others. With the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia MaryAnn performed this past spring Mahler's Das Lied Von der Erde to standing ovations and participated in a gala concert honoring Luciano Pavarotti in Avery Fisher Hall. In recent seasons she made debuts with both Teatro la Fenice in Die Walküre conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as "Priyamvada" in Alfano's Sakuntala. She can be heard as "Tigrane" in Puccini's Edgar in a recording with the Orchestre National de France led by Yoël Levi. Earlier this season she performed "Suzuki" in Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado, the role of "Nefertiti" in Phillip Glass' Akhnaten with the Atlanta Opera and with the composer in attendance, and with James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera as "Grimgerde" in Otto Schenk's production of Die Walküre.



Future engagements include concert performances of Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra Verdi in Milan conducted by Ion Marin.